US HB6972 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)
Status: Engrossed on May 7 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-12-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on May 7 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-12-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require an Executive agency whose head is a member of the National Security Council to notify the Executive Office of the President, the Comptroller General of the United States, and congressional leadership of such head becoming medically incapacitated within 24 hours, and for other purposes.
Title
Securing Chain of Command Continuity Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Jennifer Kiggans [R-VA] | Rep. Donald Davis [D-NC] | Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA] | Rep. Patrick Fallon [R-TX] |
| Rep. Derrick Van Orden [R-WI] | Rep. Nancy Mace [R-SC] | Rep. Carlos Gimenez [R-FL] | Rep. James Moylan [R-GU] |
| Rep. Burgess Owens [R-UT] | Rep. Michael Lawler [R-NY] | Rep. Cory Mills [R-FL] | Rep. Stephanie Bice [R-OK] |
| Rep. Brad Finstad [R-MN] | Rep. Erin Houchin [R-IN] | Rep. Nick LaLota [R-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-17 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 711. |
| 2024-12-17 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-305. |
| 2024-11-20 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| 2024-05-07 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
| 2024-05-06 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2024-05-06 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2841) |
| 2024-05-06 | House | Considered as unfinished business. |
| 2024-05-06 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6972. |
| 2024-05-06 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2840-2842) |
| 2024-05-06 | House | Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0. |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2024-01-11 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. |
| 2024-01-11 | House | Introduced in House |
